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Job 3:5

Job 3:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

the shadow: Job 10:21-22, Job 16:16, Job 24:17, Job 28:3, Job 38:17; Psalms 23:4, Psalms 44:19, Psalms 107:10, Psalms 107:14; Isaiah 9:2; Jeremiah 2:6, Jeremiah 13:16; Amos 5:8; Matthew 4:16; Luke 1:79

stain it: or, challenge it

let a cloud: Deuteronomy 4:11; Ezekiel 30:3, Ezekiel 34:12; Joel 2:2; Hebrews 12:18

let the blackness: or, let them terrify it, as those who have a bitter day, Jeremiah 4:28; Amos 8:10

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